Research Pilot · Ages 17–22
Lens is a research pilot that uses validated psychological instruments to help students understand their personality, values, motivations, and how they think — then synthesizes the results, alongside your academic data, into a personal profile, with optional next steps on the types of colleges and majors that fit who you are.
How It Works
Enter your email. We'll send a sign-in link — no password needed.
Click the link in your inbox to land on your personal dashboard.
Work through the personality, values, and motivation assessments at your own pace. Each takes 2–20 minutes. All 9 are required — your dashboard tracks what's left.
A quick, separate step — enter your GPA and SAT/ACT scores. Real-world data, not a psychometric assessment, but required alongside the 9.
Once all 9 assessments and your academic data are done, generate an AI-synthesized portrait of your strengths, motivations, and fit.
Optional — get general ideas on the types of colleges likely to fit you, grounded in research on personality and belonging. No specific schools named.
Optional — get a framework for the fields of study worth exploring, based on your interests and how you think.
Lens is a research pilot made available to a small group of students aged 17–22. Its purpose is to explore how combining multiple validated psychometric instruments can produce more useful self-knowledge for young people than any single assessment does on its own.
Most instruments in the suite come from published academic research and have been validated in peer-reviewed studies with large, cross-cultural samples. The Big Five personality framework (Goldberg, 1992) has been replicated across more than 50 countries. The Schwartz Values Survey (PVQ-40) was validated across 82 nations. Grit (Duckworth & Quinn, 2009) has been studied in West Point cadets, spelling bee finalists, and students in under-resourced schools. The BPNSFS operationalizes Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan), the leading academic framework for understanding human motivation. The profile synthesis works the way an experienced psychologist reads an integrated report: it draws on genuinely well-established research for a handful of key relationships (Big Five–RIASEC overlap, Big Five–Schwartz values overlap, Openness and fluid/verbal reasoning), and beyond that, it looks for patterns that converge across your own results rather than claiming every instrument pairing has been individually validated against every other — most haven't, and no honest synthesis tool would pretend otherwise. Two custom-built cognitive tasks, Matrix Reasoning and 3D Rotation, are currently on hold and not part of the required battery — see the Research page for the full, honest breakdown of what's genuine versus custom in every instrument.
Your responses are stored securely and are accessible only to you and the research team. Individual data is never shared publicly. Results are intended for personal reflection and discussion with an advisor — not as diagnostic tools. For the full research behind every instrument, the synthesis, and the college/major fit guidance, see the Research page.
The Suite
All 9 — covering personality, values, motivation, psychological needs, risk tolerance, passion, and leadership style — are required to generate your profile, along with a quick step to add your academic data. Complete them in any order.